Mass of watch glass and evaporating dish:67.511 g   Mass of watch glass, evaporating dish, and Mg ribbon:67.751 g   the mass of Mg (g): 0.240     Mass of watch glass, evaporating dish, and reacted Mg after cooling:68.465 g   the mass of the product (g): 0.714   the mass of Cl (g): .474   Mole calculations  the moles of Mg in the product (mol)  1 x10-2   the moles of Cl in the product (mol) 1.3 x10-2     Determining the formula of the MgxCly product   Magnesium (Mg) Chlorine (Cl) Unrounded molar ratio         Simplest whole-number ratio           Write the empirical formula for your product:

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Mass of watch glass and evaporating dish:67.511 g
 
Mass of watch glass, evaporating dish, and Mg ribbon:67.751 g
 
the mass of Mg (g): 0.240
 
 
Mass of watch glass, evaporating dish, and reacted Mg after cooling:68.465 g
 
the mass of the product (g): 0.714
 
the mass of Cl (g): .474
 

Mole calculations

 the moles of Mg in the product (mol)  1 x10-2
 
the moles of Cl in the product (mol) 1.3 x10-2
 
 
Determining the formula of the MgxCly product
 
Magnesium (Mg)
Chlorine (Cl)
Unrounded molar ratio
 
 
 
 
Simplest whole-number ratio
 
 
 
 
 
Write the empirical formula for your product:
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